Claire Valiente Moro

This study examines how urban environmental factors and microbial communities affect mosquito development and survival in larval habitats.

This study shows that Ascogregarina taiwanensis, a mosquito parasite, exhibits mutualistic traits that enhance mosquito reproduction through improved nitrogen metabolism and egg development.

The study shows that the parasite As. taiwanensis reduces Chikungunya transmission by Aedes albopictus by half.

The paper establishes a high-quality bacterial isolate collection (MosAIC) from mosquitoes, providing genomic data and phylogenomic analysis to study mosquito-associated bacteria.

The paper identifies 92 outlier transposable element insertion loci showing differentiation between temperate and tropical Aedes albopictus populations, suggesting adaptive evolution in temperate environments.